>> desperate to leave the disaster zone - we report on the philippines' concerns over the lack of food and medicine. >> hello, you are watching al jazeera. also on the program - socialist candidate michelle bachelet is set to regain the presidency of chile. the election will go to a second round. >> making fukushima safe. work begins on a crucial and hazardous part of the process. >> a boeing 737 crashes in

flames, killing 50 people on board - investigations begin. >> in desperate need of relief and desperate to flee, 13 million have been affected by typhoon haiyan. there are concerns that growing supplies of food and medicine are failing to reach the people that need them. challenges are described as monume monumental. relief efforts have been increased, but many survivors say they are without food, water and shelter. veronica pedrosa is in one of the areas. >> a few minutes ago a resident showed me the aid they received. they got this tin. i don't know how close the cameraman can get to it. whatever is inside it - maybe

it's fish or sard eens expanded so that the tin is deformed. really it isn't the kind of thing that looks safe to eat. let me show you the rice they got. whoops - sorry about that. the rice that they got - i don't mean to waste it, it's not good quality. if you are used to eating rice, you can see it's dried out. maybe it - it's either really old stocks or it got wet and someone's dried to out. it's such that if you were to push too hard, it would turn to powder. if you cook it it will turn to mush. this is not pleasing the people who are getting this kind of aid. they are looking and thinking, "what are we - why are we getting dregs of relief?" >> president benigno aquino is leading government relief operations and affected areas. the authorities say they are trying to get schools open as

quickly as possible. it's impossible when so many classrooms are in trouble. harry fawcett spoke to a teacher who said his school is far from reopening. >> we are in palo down the coast from tacloban, and are in the remnants of an elementary school which has been swept away like everything, by the surge that typhoon haiyan generated. 405 students were enrolled. the government wants schools up and down the coast to be back and up and runs by january 15th. a man who has been at the school since the disaster to the principal. is january 15th a realistic target date for getting things up and running? >> i don't think so that it's a realistic date since no government entity came over to my school to look into the effect of the storm surge. i hope - i'm calling around the

globe, the governmental organizations to rehabilitate all the schools affected by the storm surge. >> how important is it that children who are the victim of something like this have a regular real-life thing of going back to school? >> it is important for the children to come over to school, because this is the first step of education. so the school children know how to read, write and count. that's it. >> we were spoking to a social worker at a center in tacloban, which used to be a school. she said that the children there are having dress debriefing sessions. they are drawing pictures of what happened to them and the natural proclivity to play and laugh is masking deep emotional damage. that's why they need a normal life - however difficult it

seems to imagine in these circumstances to start again. >> showing you live pictures from the city harry mentioned. you can see the extent of the debris. the rubble on the streets. it's not just getting in the way of getting people back up and running. the world's health organization is saying it's causing a fear for people's health. really bringing worries about disease like typhoid and cholera. the latest from tacloban. >> in central vietnam 36 people have been killed by floods. heavy rain triggered landslides forcing 80,000 to flee their homes. some areas have been cut off. bridges have been brought down and roads blocked. 9 waters have started to recede, allowing some residents to return to homes. nine people are unaccounted for. stereo the socialists are celebrating victory in the chile presidential election. michelle bachelet was the

winner, but didn't get the 50% needed to avoid a run off against evelyn matthei. a second round will take place top december 15th. we have this report from san diego. >> michelle bachelet would be the number one choice in this election was never in doubt. but with nine candidates the former socialist president fell short of 50% or more votes needed in the first round. >> in one month we'll have to choose between someone defending rights between public education and health and one who sees these things as commodities. >> at the headquarters of ruling conservative collision, whose candidate came in at a distant center, they were optimistic. >> translation: we defend the rights of chileans to live in peace. it's our big difference. >> michelle bachelet, who left a top job at the united nations to

run again has an ambitious aagenda, a democratic constitution, free education, university for all, better public health and pension, and corporate taxes in a country where the elite economic power has extraordinary political cloud. >> michelle bachelet knows she has bigger problems than getting elected. it's challenging demands of chilean society that will be in for a real challenge. >> to underscore that she's under pressure to deliver students occupied her campaign headquarters on election day. >> we will maintain our protest because be know that the changes we need will not come from within our institutions. >> without the three fifths majority needed in congress, michelle bachelet is counting on a resounding victory in the next round, to show she has the will of the people on her side.

>> workers at japan's fukushima nuclear power plant began the delegate and dangerous operation to remove nuclear fuel rods. it's the first step in a process to make the plant safe, that could take decades. >> a delicate dangerous operation at reactor number four at the fukushima nuclear plant. this crane is moving 400 tonnes of spent nuclear fuel from the crippled complex. the unprecedented process is fraught with risk. the fuel rods are brittle. if they break or are exposed to air amounts of highly radioactive gas could escape into the atmosphere. >> we hope the process will be conducted in a manner that will not disturb local residents and the removal will be done on schedule, properly and safely. >> there's 50-70 fuel rods stored in the assembly. it will take a week to remove 22

assemblies to a stable pool. with more than 1,500 fuel assemblies requiring removal. it's a year-long operation. >> i assume the company has serious evacuation plans. that they are not made public, so as to not race fear. they must have serious plans in case the worst happiness. the workers must give them high respect that they are going there, and they now how dangerous it is. >> the earthquake and tsunami of march 2011 damaged all four reactors at fukushima. unit 4 avoided a meltdown. >> tech coe says the current experience will help them deal with other reactors, where the radiation levels are higher. tepco faces criticism.

public crust is low that it will decommission plants, a process that could last decades. >> a plane in russia crashed and burst into flames killing 50 people on board. here is stefanie dekker with more. >> not much is left of the boeing 737. tatarstan u 363 crashed on landing in the russian city of kazan. not one of the 44 passengers and six crew members survived. reports suggest the plane aborted its first landing and was attempting a second when it quickly lost altitude, the fuel tank exploding on impact. >> we are looking into all reasons for the crash. the main is failure of the machinery, fault of crew, weather conditions. >> russia has one of the worst anline safety record.

in 2008, 88 passengers were killed in the mountains. a yak wept down in 2011. and last year a crash in siberia. >> investigators have been appointed. the plane had taken off from the capital an hour before it exploded. >> to egypt where 26 people are dead after a train ploughed into a truck and mini bus. the collision took place south of cairo, the egyptian railway authorities said drifs ignored warning lights. >> the trial of south african politician has begun. he is facing charges of fraud, corruption, money laundering and racket earring.

we go where the trial is taking place. effort with regards to preparation for security. why is that? >> security is high. they don't want trouble from the economic freedom frighters - that's the party - supporters, called into the city. we are in a province the base of support. all over town we are seeing posters line this advertising the court appearance as if it is some sort of rock concert. there's so much interest in it. the police set up a cordon around the courthouse, they want to keep supporters away. the razor wire is out. the dog units. they spared no expense to make sure the first day of the trial goes smoothly.

>> it only feels like the yesterday that the new political party was set up. what impact will it have, the fact that he's on trial? >> it was almost yesterday. it was last month that he lurched the economic freedom fighters. it will dependent on the verdict. in he's found guilty and sent to prison, he is the ess. it will be difficult to see how they would survive without him. it's pinned on his personality, his charisma and controversial policies in many peoples's eyes of nationalisation and seizing land from white farmers without giving them compensation. if he's cleared or found not guilty it will fuel his popularity. he argues that charges are politically motivated. this is a man that brought jacob

zuma to power. they fell out. he was kicked out of the party two years ago and he's launched this party. if he stands in the election, it's like likely he'll get into parliament and he will not sit there quietly. >> thank you with the latest there. >> plenty ahead, including - how the u.s. spy scandal revives painful memories in jersey. >> and the central african republic - the future role of the french military in the country.

>> you're watching al jazeera, a reminder of the top stories: the philippines president is leading government relief operations in typhoon-hit areas after criticism of the initial response. there are growing concerns that supplies of food and medicine are failing to reach the people that need them. 13 million have been affected, more than 4 million have lost their homes. >> socialist michelle bachelet won the first round of the military race, she fell short of a signaturery and faces a run-off with evelyn matthei. >> in japan, nuclear fuel rods are being removed from the fukushima reactor. it's the first step in a process that will take decades to

complete. >> storms and tornados s tore through u.s. states destroying homes and killing six people. we have the latest from juan carlos molina. >> it's a massive storm system stretching across the mid west. there were report of them destroying neighbourhoods. >> it was gone in 3-4 minutes. >> homes completely levelled. vehicles flipped over. the possessions of a lifetime buried in piles of rubble. >> those are our two vehicles in the field over there, one of which was in a garage. >> 90 files to the east in gifford, a similar scene, a twister ripping this neighbourhood to pieces. in chicago the threat of weather forced 60,000 football fans at soldier field to take cover. the danger posed by the storm putting the game on hold for two hours. >> there was a lot of wind and

people concerned about the conditions that were going on. >> in indiana strong winds tossed a car into a starbucks coffee shop. in wisconsin images of damage and evidence of a suspected tornado. trees ripped from the roots, sheds and farm structures toppled. the strength can be seen in the video from downtown missouri. weather officials say the system could affect 50 million people across 10 states. >> france has assured israel that this will continue to oppose an easing of economic sanctions against iran. francis hollande said he will not change his position until iran renounces nuclear plans.

>> at least 31 syrian soldiers have been killed by a bomb in the capital damascus. the syrian observatory for human rights said the attack happened and the building was levelled by the explosion. >> amnesty crit says what is happening to abuses to migrants? saudi arabia. it includes, dangerous working conditions and squalid accommodation. it called on footballers governing body fifa to take a tougher stance on the state that will host the world cup in 2022. >> we have identified poor quality accommodation, un-safeworking conditions. >> officials in the libyan stit

of misrata call on armed groups, even those working for the government to withdraw for a 72 hour period, after the libyan deputy spy chief was kidd napped. on friday protesters were killed. there has been more protests and schools and universities have been shut by a strike. into two have been insured in protests in the central african republic. >> demonstrators protested against the killing of a government official. it has seen frequent violence since the removal of a president. >> the united nations says it may pledge support for a new force to help restore stability. >> we have this report from the capital. >> these men from congo belong

to a regional force of more than 1,000 soldiers already in central african republics. >> they are the only protection many have. more african union soldiers are expected to arrive soon. the u.n.'s discussing plans to send peacekeepers to back them up. >> this country is, according to observers, close to a failed state. let's make sure the country is not turning into that and that it returns to normalcy. we can help them use their potential. >> france is pushing for a u.n.-led mission and it wants stability but is reluctant to commit to an african intervention. there are 400 french soldiers. the mission is limited mainly to the airport. >> france's concerned central

african republic could become another sierra leone. it doesn't want a security vacuum right in the heart of africa. >> these armed men are at the heart of the problems here. sellicka was a coalition of five rebel groups that together control of the country in march. they should have been disbanded. they are armed, recruiting child soldiers and killing incident people. the president of the country says he needs more time. >> you can't transforpt the country in six months with everything that has happened. there's too much history. we are seeing a logical consequence of the errors. >> women and fen, muslims and christians. >> these female recruits sing about life in the army and courage on the battlefield. the country needs a well-trained

force that will protect instead of kill its own people. there isn't international consensus that something needs to be done. there's no agreement on who can lead central african republic back. >> to mozambique, where violence ahead of elections on wednesday is creating economic uncertainty. in a country dependent on tourism businesses are running rising potential will keep tourists away. we have this report. >> these tourists visiting mozambique are going snorkelling. the tour guide is worried the fighting could scare away holiday makers. he said there are fewer visitors as there is now. >> translation: if they continue fighting the tourists will collect belongings and go back. you cannot be happy if you hear

the noise of the gun. >> resorts are south of the conflict area. the strong hold is in mozambique. when the ampyy -- army captured it was thought the area was safe. >> because of the trouble from terrorists on the roads. maybe they are blocked and they can't come here. so we - we went by airplanes. it was no problem. >> tourism is a multi-million industry. according to government figures more than 2 million tourists visit the country. the unrest is further north. just to reassure it's a safe beautiful place. >> pristine beaches happened out there. lots of boat interests. lots of sports, kite surfing.

>> tourism is an important source of income for the local community. >> this is how they catch the fish. they catch things like grab and callet murray. the tourist numbers - if they drop, they won't be able to sell as much fish. >> when we pull up the nets, catches are small. it's something. political analysts say a full-scale war is unlikely. people worry if the fighting gets worse, their way of life will be obstructed. >> in a couple of hours, the bangladesh prime minister will swear in her interim cabinet but it will not include members of the party. >> party leaders said they'd accept if she resigned as prime minister during campaigning in elections. polling is due to take place in

january. >> australian spy agencies attempted to eaves drop on moan calls made by president. secret documents said the president's wife and senior ministers were targeted. it is likely to strain relations between australia and indonesia. it was suggested that australian embassies across asia were used for u.s. surveillance separations. >> the german parliament is holding a session to look into the u.s. spying on chancellor angela merkel's phone. in germany it awakened painful memories. >> the starsy museum in berlin, a reminder of how of the east german regime spied. governments used computers to sniff through our lives. the biggest shock about the

n.s.a. spying scandal is washington was certainliling in on german chancellor angela merkel's sell phone, causing outrage in a country scarred by dictatorship. >> in communist times they did it to repress people. today they say they are protecting us from terrorism. >> with public affection for the u.s. dropping. this is a moment of a branden burg gate last summer feels like it happened years ago. >> during the trip obama said surveillance stopped terror plots. he didn't say the american embassy, according to the german medium, filled with surveillance equipment. the saunls is angela merkel moved the cell phone. americans would have been able to record every word said. >> the german parliament session

on the n.s.a. scandal will no doubt express outrage, and for the opposition those of the chancellor. >> on the one hand angela merkel is angry that the americans spied on her mobile. on the other hand she was not back. she had contact with the spy agents of the it's hypocritic. we want to know everything, we are asking for a special investigation committee. that could be risky for americale. whatever the outrage, any revelations about german spy agencies is benefitting. it could cost a bigger scandal. >> we can take you a few seconds ago to ramallah where francis hollande arrived in rama la to meet the person in authority, mab a and inspect the tomb of yasser arafat. the beginning of a visit to talk

to the palestine authority leader, about talks with israelis and other things. >> a reminder you can keep up to date with all the news on the website. all the coverage from the philippines and more. click on aljazeera.com. >> june 2010, fighting erupts between the uzbek and kyrgyz communities of southern kyrgyzstan. the violence spreads from osh to nearby towns. >> they came and started looting houses, killing people. systematic theft, destruction, and brutal mob violence. more than 400 people are killed.